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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-07-15
SALISBURY SPIRE.
DIR. Holmes Impressions of One of the
Worlds Most Famous Structures.

DIR. Holmes Impressions of One of the
Worlds Most Famous Structures.
In my various excursions from Sails
bury was followed everywhere by the
all-pervading presence of the towering
spire. Just what it was in that earlier
visit, when my eyes were undimmed
and my sensibilities unworn, just such
[ found it now AS one drives away
from the town, the roofs of the houses
drop out of the landscape, the lesser
spires disappear one by one, until the
great shaft is left standing alone-soli-
tary as the broken statue of Ozymandi-
as in the desert, as the mast of some
mighty ship above the waves which
have rolled over the laundering vessel.
most persons will, think, own to q
feeling of awe in looking up at it.
Few can look down from a great
height without creepings and crispa-
tons, if they do not get as far as verti-
Cos and that aerial calenture which
prompts them to jump from the PIN
nacle on which they are standing. 1t
does not take much Imagination to
make one experience something of the
same feeling in looking up at very
tall steeple or chimney. To one whose
eyes are used to Park Street and the
Old South steeples as standards of
height, spire which climbs four hum
dred feet towards the sky is a new sem
sation. Whether l am more 'afraid of
that which is high than I was at my
first visit, as I should be on the authori-
ty of Ecclesiastes, can not say, but it
was quite enough for me to let my
eyes climb the spire, and | had no de-
sire whatever to stand upon that ''bad
eEninence," as l am sure L should
have found it.
/ soon noticed slight detection
from the perpendicular at the upper
part of the spire. This has long been
observed. I could not say that 1 saw
it quivering in the wind, as felt that
of Strasburg doing when | assembled it
-swaying like blade of grass when q
breath of air passes over it. But it has
Deo0, LOT at ledSG TWO hundred years,
nearly two feet out of the perpendicu-
lar. No increase in the deviation was
found to exist when examined early in
the present century. 1t is a wonder
that this slight-looking structure can
have survived the blasts, and thunder
bolts, and earthquakes, and the weak
ening effects of time on its stones and
timbers for five hundred years. Since
the spire of Chichester Cathedral fell
in 1861, sheathing itself in its tower
like sword dropping into its scabbard,
one can hardly help looking with APP
prehension at all these towering fab
RIGS. I have before referred to the fall
of the spire of Tewkesbury Abbey
Church, three centuries earlier. There
has been good deal of fear for the Sal
isbury spire, and great precautions have
been taken to keep it firm, so that we
may hope 1t will stand for another five
hundred years. 1t ought to be 10y
forever" for it is thing of beauty, if
ever there were one.-OEiUer RendeH
Hesmss, in Atlantic,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-07-15

"What are you going to do with that
beastP''
"Take it home with me, y replied the
Pole; Il need watchdog, and can
not hope to meet with better one.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-07-15
EFFECTS OF DROUGHT.
How Fruit and Forest Trees Are Affected
by Protracted Dry Weather.


by Protracted Dry Weather.
The effect of drought on our quick
growing field crops is readily seen and
keenly appreciated, but the effect on
fruit and other trees is not so easily
noticed or so quickly felt by the
owners. Drought usually affects field
crops only one year, but often under
mines the constitution of the tree. No
effects may be shown until one or more
years later, and then the trouble is at
tributed to the severe winters Trees
that have been poorly supplied with
moisture through the summer become
weakened, and are much more easily
injured by severe weather in winter
1t is also claimed that the lessened
vitality of the leaves in time of
drought makes them more subject to
rusts and other fungous diseases,
blight, sun-scald, etc. Drought
sometimes makes the growth
uneven, and often causes second
growth to be made during wet fall
months. In this case the drought
causes the tree to become more Oh less
inactive-in other words to rest. When
fall rains come on, new leaf growth
takes place, the cambium layer prepares
to develop wood and bark, and the tree
acts somewhat as it it had started out
on a new summers growth. There is
not time for the new succulent cells to
mature before frost comes, and the
cold of the winter destroys them and
starts the tree toward premature death.
Drought in the late fall seems to do
less damage, because it only hastens
the ripening up of the wood for
winter. Some trees withstand
drought in our climate much bet
ter than others, because they
root deeper. Trees that are native to
this, or similar climate, stand drought
better than trees from a+moist climate,
for three reasons: They send their
roots deep; their leaves are so con-
structed that they resist dry, hot air;
and the bark resist great sun heat.
In moist climate like that of En-
gland, gravely or stony lands are often
chosen for trees, but in climate sub
ject to drought, the soil and subsoil
of the orchard should be such that the
roots can penetrate it and remain in
never-failing moisture. The soil around
trees should not be kept bare and hard,
so as to lose its moisture by evapora-
ton, and not be able to absorb rains,
nor should too great growth of weeds
Or grasses be encouraged or allowed
to continue all summer. Forestry
paintings do best if fenced off alone,
and stock is kept from tramping the
ground. The soil is then loose and can
absorb the rain-water, which is held
from running off by the leaves and
other debris. Woodlands kept tramped
hard allow much of the rain-water to
flow off, If natural forest conditions
are kept up, the forest paintings not
only do better themselves, but they
furnish source of water supply to the
air in dry times. If the roots of the
trees can get moisture, the leaves will
eyaporate it in the over-dry air in
great quantities, thus making our
climate more salubrious. =. Rrairis
Farmer,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-07-15
VCTORlA'S NEW COINAGE.
Why 1t Will Be the Most Permanent
Record of Her Jubilee,

Why 1t viii Be the Most Permanent
Record of Her Jubilee.
The effigy of Queen Victoria found
on all the coins struck during her
Majesty's reign represents her as she:
appeared when fifty years younger
than at present. Advantage has been
taken of the present jubilee year to is
sue an entirely new coinage, with an
effgy of the Queen as the people now.
know her. The Queen appears wear
ing the star and riband of the orders
of the Garter and the Victoria and AL,
bert. The words Victoria Del Graz
tia Britanniarum Regina, Fidei Defen-
sor," appear ON all the new coins, ar
ranged so as to suit the size and re-
quirements of each one. In the new
effigy her Majesty appears crowned,
with vail depending from the back
of the head. The new figure is a
life-like portrait, and the whole COIN
age must be regarded as very satisfac-
tory from a numismatic standpoint.
The reverses of the new coins vary
greatly. Some, as the sovereign and
crown piece, continue to bear the very
noble figure of st. George and the
Dragon, as originally designed by Pts
trucci. This design it is interesting
to trace from the date of Henry VIII,
when it appeared in a very Gothic
form, to its present classic rendering,
due to Pistrucci. The reverse of the
modern English shillings and smaller
coins usually bears words or figures
signifying the value of the coin.
These are surrounded by wreath
and surmounted by crown. In the
new coinage this design is replaced
by the royal arms The new
half-crown bears the original reverse,
which has been retained as being one
of considerable merit. It consists of
the royal arms, with the elegant
arched crown surrounded by the gar
ter, which is again inclosed in the deli
cate network of the collar of the or
new coins, bear on the reverse an ex-
ceedingly effective design, composed
of four crowned shields bearing the
arms of the United Kingdom arrang ed
in manner somewhat similar to
those on the present form. The
shields are separated from each other
by four scepters radiating from the
star oe the Order of the Garter, which
occupies the center of the coins The
device has been traced back to the
time of the Saxon Kings, and its
beauty attracted the notice OF Thomas
Simon, who modified it for the coin
age of Charles II.
The issue of an entirely new gold
and silver coinage by monarch after
reign of fifty years is believed to be
unexampled. Medals have been struck
under similar conditions, but new
coinage has not been issued. No
more permanent record of ner
Majesty's jubilee than this new coin
age can be conceived. As we have
vivid representations of Alexander the
Great and of the long line of the
Roman Emperors on their coins. which
are common at the present time, long
after the majority of their edifces and
other works have passed away, SO
future generations may trace tho prog
ress of the reign of Queen Victoria in
the two distinct issues of the imperial
coinage, Chicago Trlbaas.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-07-15
THE MoNARcH's MOTTO.

Once mighty potentate
Placed above his palace gate,
Golden letters-bright and clear:
& None may pass, or enter here,
Who no kindly deed hath,wrought,
Orsome paupers blessing caught"
Warriors fierce--in blood-stained pride
Read its words and turned aside;
Princes-rich in power and gold
Felt its message, clear and cold;
AL turned back, and none returned
Till its permit they had earned.
Soon in all that roomy land
Blessings rose on every hand;
Great men made their kindness sure,
Rich men helped the sick and poor.
Words and works, in sweetness blenL
Clothed the land in glad content.
Men who came and turned away
Learned what good in kindness lay:
Hard hearts cursed it's terms, but went
Finding, in lis work, content
SO, ere many years and days,
AL the land was filled with praise.
Then each heart and thankful tongue
With the mOnarch's praises rung,
Thankful thought and earnest prayer
Paid their tributes to his care;
Anchored in each subjects soul,
Each, a part and all, whole.
Rich in years but poor in pride,
There at last the monarch died;
Wide the pearly portals flew
That his soul might enter through,
While upon Heavens arches wrGught
Cleaned the same familiar thought.
So, when each his race had run,
Came his people, one by one,
Greeting with a welcome smile
Its familiar words and style,
Thus the King upon his throne,
Gave Heaven password to his own.
Still upon the Heavenly dome,
Greeting each who journeys home
While thank-o1erings angels bring
And gold harps and anthems ring
Shines the message Of the King.
- Kfld1r T0u1a
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-07-15
HUMOROUS.

"A poet writes: 81 am the saddest
when [ sing" So is cat.
The Use of the Negative. British
Working-man = "Hain't none O. you
chaps see no pipe a-knockin' about
none O. these ere sheds nowhere?'-
Judy.
A Sunday-school teacher in Litch-
field told his infants to ask any ques-
tions they had in their minds, and a
little one asked: "When is the circus
coming?'-C Christian at Work.
A little girls father had a round
bald spot Kissing him at bedtime
not long ago, she said: "Stoop down,
popsy dear, want to kiss the place
where the lining shows. "-1raveler's
Record.
Young Man = "Mr. Weeks, why
don't you single your barn?" Old
Farmer-"C Cause it's rainin'." Young
MAXWELL, why don't you single it
when it ism raining?" Old Farmer
cit don't need it then. "-Lafe.
Charlie" There, now, En-, Mr..
Blunt's hat amt bit bigger than
pats" Emma Well, Charlie, what
of it?" Charlie" You said last night
that Mr.. Blunt had the thickest head
you ever saw. "-B0sto1a Beacon.
-Wife-"I don't see why women
want to wear high hats, anyhow"
Husband Neither do /, my dear. :"
Wife-"Yes; it's perfectly senseless.
They don't cost bit more than the
others, and some of them not nearly so
much. ''-PittsJwrgh Dispatch.
-''Where do you get all the funny
things you print in your paperP"
asked the inquisitive subscriber. "Out
of my head, sir. out of my head, ;"
CURLY replied the bothered editor.
do you really, nowP" said the inquis-
tive subscriber, pityingly. "Wel, I
. rather had an idea that something was
wrong, but l didn't know it was so
bad as that" -SomerUile Journal.
-Wife-'I have joined the Audubon
Society and think it a grand associa-
ton" Husband" Well, if belonged
to such a society, l would live up to its
rules" W.-"What do you mean?
don't wear any part of bird on my
bonnet" H" Nobody said any
thing about your bonnet. It's your
face decoration refer to-" Why
face! How is that decorated" H
sWhy, with crows feet.'' = Boston
Budget.
What the Neighbors Said
A farmers son was Silas Brown
Whose misdeeds caused his parent pain,
And who was known about the town
AS one who'd ne'er do we'll again;
So, when the father, through the door
His offspring flung with wrathful cry,
The neighbors said: las oft before
Poor Brown has heaved heavy Si''
Boston Budget.
"A new reporter has joined the
staff He was writing up his first as
signment, which was the resuscitation
of a half-drowned woman. The city
editor looked over the scribbler's
shoulder, and this is what he read:
THE fair form lay on the dock, and
her short pants" Tut, tut, young
man, said the city editor, ''none of
your lola realism; not on this great
religious daily; drop that pants bust
ness" The new reporter smiled soft
II and wrote on, '.And her short
pants for breath showed that con-
seriousness was returning. - WalElanss-
port ga. } Breakfast Table
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were mentioned the old man raised his
hat. Meanwhile the children played
in the yard, and-that the holiday
should be general one-the dog was
let loose from his kennel.
Presently the animal appeared on
the threshold, looked up inquisitively
at the aged man, drew near to and
scented him.
"What sort of dog is that?" in
quired the old soldier; "he is not from
these parts"
II brought him back with me from
France replied Volnizki.
"From France?n
"He's bad ANIMAL" said the young
woman.
"And disobedient, said the little
boy.
81 tried to teach him few tricks"
added Volnizki, ''but all to no purpose;
he understands nothing, absolutely
nothing"
The old man laughed.
"My friends" said he, s'the reason
is obvious. The poor brute doesn't IN
derstand your tongue"
"Well, now. that beats every thingm
exclaimed Volnizki.
"Why, of course; what confidence
can he have in people whose tongue is
foreign to himp" continued the old
veteran of Napoleon. How shall he
obey, when he can not understand the
order that is given?"
"That," said Volnizki, sis thing I
never thought Of And" he added,
"as I don't know French there is no
help for it."
"Wait a Bit" said the old man, as
he turned toward the animal, whose
eyes were attentively fixed on his own.
He began to speak to the dog in good
French vernacular: "You don't under
stand word they have to say, do you,
my friend? On that account they call
you wicked dog; but you are brave
brute, | know; and will be most obedi-
ent when spoken to in our own decent
language, won't you?'
The dogpricked up his ears, beat the
floor with his tail, and his whole frame
thrilled with conscious pleasure at the
sound of the old mans voice. Sud-
denly, as if unable to withstand so di-;
rect an appeal, the dog whined,
bounced forward and leaped up to
the old mans neck, barking with all
his might.
'See, whether I am not right" ex-.
claimed the veteran warrior; whether,
he understands me or not" F..
The dog went and came about the
place, ran from one room to another
with sparkling eyes and quivering'
limbs, like one who had taken leave of
his senses. He invariably came back
to the old man, barking, jumping or
wagging the tail, to lick his hand; and
finally crounched down painting at his
feet, the poor beasts large red fever
ish tongue lolling out between the COR
ner of the mouth and the fore-teeth.
The two men again resumed their
conversation and spoke of war, battles.
cavalry attacks, or the more savage
struggle at the point of the bayonet.
At last the old man took his depart
ure, followed by the dog, who seemed
to obey him as if he had never had an
other master.
The veteran soldier stood for mo-
ment in the doorway and looked around
him. The sun had set and bright,
red glare shone out in the west, pierre
ing the twilight and silvery mists of
evening.
cit is thus that his glory went
down." said he, as he pointed with
trembling hand towards the horiz on;
'but his fame shall abide for ever, and
with it the greatness of France. Yes,
my children, it was glorious crap
He then walked away and the dog
followed, never to leave him after
wards. Chicago Inter Ocean.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-07-08
Chips from the Ties.

The Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha railway (Chieago & Northwestern
gives notice that wheat may be milled in
transit for Chicago and intermediate stations
at Sioux City as follows: From james, Hin
ton, Merrill. LIE Mars, Seney, Carnes, Alton,
Hospers, Sheldon, Ashton, Sibley, BIgelow
Sioux Falls junction, Worthington, Brewster,
Heron Lake, Rushmore. Adrian, Magnolia,
Warner, Dundee. Lime Creek, Avoca, Slay-
ton. Hadley, Lake Wilson, Woodstock and
Pipestone, 27 cents per 100 pounds; Lu
verne, Beaver Creek, Valley Springs, Ash
Creek, Rock Rapids and Doom, % cents
Brandon, % cents; Sioux Falls and Ellis, 80
cents; Hartford, Montrose, Salem, Spencer,
Fulton and Mitchell, 81 cents
George E. Allen, assistant passenger agent
at Chicago; A w. Brown, travelling agent at
Kansas City; S. G. Fenton, agent at Kansas
City, and G.. S. Drisbach, travelling agent 1t
Indianapolis, Ind, all of the Manitoba, are
in st. Paul. principally for the purpose of
learning ali about the new extensions of the
road, and for information generally.
The name of Seneca, a station ON the Tin
tab d. Missouri River branch OF the Manitoba
has been changed to Cayuga, to conform to
the name of the postoffice. Siding No. /, on
the Hinckley branch, will hereafter be known
as Parent.
Hon. g. G. Vest, of Missouri; Don Came
ron, of Pennsylvania, and Gov. Hauser, OF
Montana, left yesterday on the Northern Pa
cifie road for Alaska.
The name of Fort Totten, a station on the
jamestown & Northern branch of the North
ern Pacific has been changed to Totten.
Mr. Dodge, of the st. Paul & Duluth, has
gone to Chicago.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-07-08
which, by the purchase of horses for the
city, he made 600.
RAILROAD MATTERS.
INTERSTATE.
More Complaint of Oppression by
the Railroads.

WASHINGTON, July TO. W. Tage, a
dealer in doors, sash and blinds in
Rome, n. Y, complains pathetically to
the interstate commerce commission
that he is being ruined in his old age by
the high freight rates charged to Bos-
ton and Boston points since the inter
state law went into effect. The old
rates of S25 per ear have been increased
to $50 and $4S. He asks if the commits
sion can not do something to save him
from financial ruin. Nelson l.. Derby
and William HolbrookS, of Pembina
county, Dakota, who recently made a
complaint to the commission against the
st. Paul, Minneapolis IL Manitoba Rail
road company, in respect to which a
hearing has been ordered, have sent to
the commission long document and
argument in form to be considered as
evidence at the hearing. Its purport is
that the road refused ears upon various
pretexts for the timely transportation
of Dakota wheat. The true reason for
the refusal, it is averred, will be found
to bear some connection with the recent
wheat speculation in Chicago, the coun-
try wheat being kept back until its de
livery could be made Serviceable to the
spectators, which course of procedure
proved ruinOuS to the farmers. They
have been informed that if the railroad
objects to the document, as it doubtless
will, it will not be admissible; and have
been instructed in the proper way Of
taking evidence for submission to the
commission, and thus saving the eX-
penSe of attendance with witnesses,
which expense cOmplainantS say they
are unable to bear
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-07-08

An ambulance should be stationed at
police headquarters, subject to call in
the same manner in which the patrol
wagon is now summoned to any part of
the city. During the present extremely
warm weather, when SunStrOkeS are
likely to be of daily occurrence, an am
bulance is particularly apt to be needed.
Not only for that reason, but in city
like ST. Paul, in which so much building
is constantly going On, accidents are of
pretty frequent happening. To jolt a
sick Or injured person to his home or to
hospital in hack or patrol wagon
adds obviously to his suffering. In an
ambulance, transportation, il not mat
ter of ease, is at least reduced to the
minimum of discomfort. They are pro-
Vided by the municipal authorities in
nearly every Eastern city as large as st.
Paul, and they should also be an adj
junct of the police system in the Twin
Cities,
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-07-08
THE QUEBEC FIRE.
1t Did Damage Now Estimated at
S15O.OOO.

QUEBEC, July THE fire in this
city last night broke out in the stables
attached to the barracks at the citadel.
The stables and the sheds on the ram
parts are built entirely of wood, and it
is the general belief that wooden build
ings in such an important fortress as
the citidei, and in place where large
quantities of gunpowder are stored,
should not have been tolerated. An in
vestigation will be held. The excited
citizens did not seek their homes until
o'clock this morning. The most in
tense alarm preya led until the fire was
got thoroughly under control. AT one time
there was fully 5000 men, women and
children walking about the streets. Many
made their way to the surrounding cOun-
try in carriages and carts and on foot,
fearing an explosion OF the powder IN
the magazine would occur. This feel
ing was, perhaps, most manifested
along Champlain street, right under the
great fOrtres, las it was known that great
quantity of powder was stored therein,
When, therefore, several explosions oc-
CURED at midnight, the people held
their breath and sought the best shelter
available. The crowd on the glaciS and
on the hill leading to the citadel made a
terrible rush down the hill till they got
where they supposed themselves out of
range of the dangerous missiles. This
alarm subsidized somewhat when it was
found that no damage was caused and
the subsequent explosion caused little
fear The governor generals and officers
quarters, stables, hospital and thelprO-
vincial armory, which contains 5000
stand of arms, were uninjured. The
loss isnstimated, at S150,000; no insur-
anco. % IT,
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-07-08
BARNUMs STATUE.

P. L. BARNUM has taken himself out
of the category of ordinary showmen.
He is one of the institutions of the
country and one of the best of them,
too. Ii he is Il benefactor who causes
two blades of grass to grow where but
one grew before, certainly the person
who has caused innocent pleasure to
hundreds of thousands of people. who
has forced them even for a brief space
of time to fGGget the cares of everyday
life and to give themselves up to short
season of pure enjoyment, is certainly a
benefactor of no small order. Such a
man is BARNUM and he has well earned
the competency which his excellent
circuseS have brought him. His bene-
factions to his native town have been
numerous and it was but natural graft
tude which prompted them recently to
organize a movement to erect a statue
in his honor.
1t was natural modeSty, too, which
causes the veteran Snowman to decline
the compliment. In the esteem and
gratitude in which he is held by the
children of the country, and by good
many children of larger growth, also,
BAENUM has a memorial more appro-
pirate and more universal than any that
could be reared in bronze or marble.
The chances are, too, that he knows it.
And lie should.